Eleanor McEvoy (born 22 January 1967) is an Irish singer-songwriter. She composed the song "Only a Woman's Heart", title track of '' A Woman's Heart'', the best-selling Irish album in Irish history.

Early life and beginnings

McEvoy's life as a musician began at the age of four when she began playing piano. At the age of eight she took up violin. Upon finishing school she attended

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where she studied music by day and worked in pit orchestras and music clubs by night. McEvoy graduated from Trinity with an Honors Degree in music in 1988, and spent four months busking in New York City. In 1988, she was accepted into the

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where she spent four years before leaving to concentrate on songwriting.

Career

1992–2000

McEvoy built up a following in clubs in

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with her three piece band, Jim Tate on bass, Noel Eccles on drums, and latterly Bill Shanley on guitar. During a solo date in July 1992, she performed a little-known, self-penned song, "Only a Woman's Heart".

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, of whose band McEvoy was a member, was in the audience and invited her to add the track to an album of Irish female artists. The album was subsequently titled '' A Woman's Heart'' and the track was released as the lead single. A few days before ''A Woman's Heart'' was released, Tom Zutaut A&R from

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, who had previously signed Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe, and

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, offered McEvoy a worldwide recording deal after watching her perform at The Baggot Inn in

. The album went on to sell over three-quarters of a million copies in Ireland alone and was (and remains) the biggest selling Irish album of all time. '' Eleanor McEvoy'', her first album, recorded in

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, was released in February 1993, and tours in the

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, and Europe followed. Back on Irish soil, McEvoy was awarded Best New Artist, Best New Performer, and Best Songwriter Awards by the Irish entertainment and music industries. In 2011, Portuguese singer Luis Represas included a version of ''Go Now'' from McEvoy's eponymous album on his recording ''Reserva Especial''. As she began writing her second album, Tom Zutaut left

, and McEvoy was offered and accepted a new deal with Columbia Records US. The new album, '' What's Following Me?'', was released in 1996. The single "Precious Little" became a top-10 radio hit in the United States, giving McEvoy the exposure she needed for a headline tour of the US. She was invited to contribute to a number of movie and TV soundtracks. At home, the success of ''A Woman's Heart'' continued to overshadow McEvoy's solo work and fans of the mammoth hit were disappointed with the rock elements of the second album and those that might have identified with her bittersweet lyrics, sensual vocals, and loud guitars turned a blind eye to the album. McEvoy released her third album, '' Snapshots'', in 1999. Her primary goal was to make ''Snapshots'' her most song-oriented album to date. Toward that goal, McEvoy teamed up with producer

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(who worked with Stevie Nicks,

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, Suzanne Vega, and

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) and recorded the album at Rupert's "Chateau de la Tour de Moulin" and then in Metropolis Studios in London. The extensive use of drum loops was a complete change in style from her previous work. The album was greeted by rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic. "... her sophisticated voice and compassionate seasoned lyrics ... make Eleanor McEvoy's album a gem...." declared

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, while

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described it as "her strongest album to date, with well appointed social comment topics...McEvoy's take on matters emotional also hits pay dirt with the likes of the excellent 'Did You Tell Him?'" However, Columbia Records had been unprepared for the complete stylistic change and relations between the company and McEvoy became strained. Despite this, a sell-out, 24-date tour of the United States accompanied the release of ''Snapshots'' in the summer of 1999, followed by the "Snapshots Unplugged" tour March–April 2000, which culminated in a performance in Boulder, Colorado accompanied by the E Town Band where she duetted with Richard Thompson. Columbia Records had bought her first album ''Eleanor McEvoy'' from

, but had not released it by 2000. Neither ''What's Following Me?'' nor ''Snapshots'' had enjoyed major chart success, and McEvoy's public perception, particularly in Ireland, was caught in a limbo state between rock and folk, with "A Woman's Heart" and its many incarnations still lurking in the back of the minds of the record-buying public. Increasingly, McEvoy started to work on outside projects. The

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tribute album ''People on the Highway – A Bert Jansch Encomium'' (2000) saw a newly recorded version of Jansch's song about

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, "Where Did My Life Go?", recorded by McEvoy especially for the album. Participating artists included Al Stewart, Roy Harper,

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, Donovan, and

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2001–2005

McEvoy decided to take her fourth album and head down the independent road. '' Yola'' was a turning point in McEvoy's musical direction. Released in 2001, it reflected the acoustic, jazz-influenced style she had developed on stage with Brian Connor. For McEvoy it was a new departure and one that found favour with music media. Irish Music Press described it as .... "her finest album", "a brave rejection of the predictable", "musically daring....beautifully atmospheric". International press lauded it as "a back to basics triumph", "beautifully restrained", "a classic", and "McEvoy's best release to date". Extensive touring throughout the US and the UK followed. In 2002, '' Yola'' was named "Record of the Year" by Hi-Fi+ Magazine. March 2004 saw the release of '' Early Hours'', produced by McEvoy and Brian Connor. The album featured McEvoy on vocals, guitar, and fiddle; Connor on piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Hammond organ, and keyboards; Liam Bradley on kit percussion and backing vocals; Calum McColl on guitars and backing vocals; Nicky Scott on bass; and Lindley Hamilton on trumpets. The style differed from McEvoy's previous work, taking on a jazz/blues feel for many of the songs. ''Early Hours'' continued the high-quality audio work that had been established with ''Yola''. This album was the first to use TiMax (unique audio imaging) technology, mixed in 5.1 surround-sound onto multi-channel

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(SACD). ''Early Hours'' was voted Best Contemporary Album 2004–2005, by Irish Music Magazine Readers Poll. McEvoy continued to tour with Brian Connor until April 2005. She then began performing solo, accompanying herself on bass guitar, electric guitar, mandolin and violin.

2007–2010

McEvoy's sixth album, '' Out There'', was recorded in The Grange Studio in Norfolk and released in early 2007. It was self-penned, self-produced and featured McEvoy performing all of the instruments with the exception of a guitar part on "Quote I Love You Unquote" played by Dave Rotheray (formerly of Beautiful South) and the drumming of Liam Bradley (

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, Ronan Keating) on three tracks. On track 5, ''Vigeland's Dream'', McEvoy eloquently describes a walk she once took in Vigeland Sculpture Park which is a part of Frogner Park (Frognerparken), a public park located in the borough of

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, in

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, Norway. McEvoy toured the album extensively in Britain, Ireland, Spain and Australia throughout 2007 and early 2008. In 2007, ''Out There'' brought McEvoy her second "Record of the Year" award from Hi-Fi+ Magazine. ''

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'' (MOSCD404, released 2008), her seventh album, is a departure from previous albums, where all the songs were typically her own. Half of the album features covers of songs originally written and performed by men about women. Eleanor McEvoy

The lead single, "Old, New, Borrowed and Blue", written by McEvoy and long-time friend Dave Rotheray ( Beautiful South/ Homespun), is a twist on the jaundiced over-optimism of the standard wedding song. Another track by the duo, "The Night May Still Be Young, But I Am Not", is also on the album. In 2008, McEvoy received her third "Record of the Year" award from Hi-Fi+ Magazine. In 2007, McEvoy was awarded "Best Traditional Act" at the 7th annual Big Buzz Awards, which are voted for entirely by the general public. In 2008, McEvoy toured from January to November in the UK, Australia, Spain, Germany, Poland and Ireland, with additional one-off dates in the Far East and elsewhere in Europe, including an appearance at

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in June 2008. On 21 November 2008, "Easy in Love" from the album ''Love Must Be Tough'' was released as a single to highlight McEvoy's visit to

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on behalf of

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Ireland. McEvoy's album ''

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'' was released on 28 September 2008. The album is a compilation of singles taken from McEvoy's four award-winning, independently released albums. Three of the albums, ''Yola'', ''Out There'', and ''Love Must Be Tough'', received the Album of the Year Award from ''Hi-Fi+'' Magazine. ''Early Hours'' was voted Best Contemporary Album 2004–2005 by Irish Music Magazine Readers Poll. The album includes "Did I Hurt You" and "Isn't It a Little Late" from McEvoy's

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single, the world's first single to be released on SACD format. ''Singled Out'' includes one new song, "Oh Uganda", which was written by McEvoy after her visit to Northern Uganda as part of her support for the work of ''Oxfam Unwrapped''. '' I'd Rather Go Blonde'', released 20 September 2010, is McEvoy's eighth album, and was met with good reviews including the five-star review in 2010 Maverick Magazine: "This absolutely stunning album, has been a real find – one of the most compelling female singer-songwriters I've heard in a long time."

2011–2014

'' Alone'', McEvoy's ninth album, released 12 September 2011, is a collection of twelve stripped-down solo numbers. Says McEvoy, ""There was a time when I was stranded in a long gap between tour dates and, with time to kill, I headed for the peace of The Grange; a small studio tucked away in the Norfolk countryside." The product of those tranquil sessions is an album of incredibly haunting performances, up close, personal, and timeless. This is McEvoy in her most intimate setting, running through the journey of her writing and singing career. '' If You Leave...'' McEvoy's tenth studio album was released 6 May 2013. It features eight new songs and four interpretations including "

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", " True Colors", and "Lift The Wings" from ''

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''. Said McEvoy, "I'd been listening to a lot of 60s albums, Stones, Beatles, Beach Boys stuff like that and it was with the spirit of those albums in my musical soul that I entered the studio." "

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" McEvoy's eleventh studio album, was released on 21 March 2014. The tracks on the album were compiled to meet the requests from fans for songs they couldn't find elsewhere. McEvoy chose the songs from her collection of single mixes, audiophile tracks, and songs written and performed on other artists records. McEvoy then went into the studio to record tracks that weren't found in her collection. After all songs were recorded the entire album was re-mastered.

2015–present

'' Naked Music'' is McEvoy's twelfth studio album, recorded at the Grange Studio in Norfolk, UK. McEvoy recorded the tracks by "studio-performing", in other words, playing the songs as she would in a live performance. The album's concept was partially inspired by a painting entitled 'Champagne Sheila' by

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, and the cover artwork features four of his paintings. In January 2016 in association with IAP Fine Art, the album was launched in London, in an exhibition of Gollon's paintings inspired by the album's songs. Later the same year NAKED MUSIC: ''The Songbook'' was published by Hot Press, documenting the association and collaboration, the songs and the paintings they inspired, with text and interviews by Jackie Hayden. One of the songs on the album, Eleanor McEvoy co-wrote with

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entitled 'Dreaming of Leaving', which then inspired a painting by Chris Gollon 'Dreaming of Leaving (I)', which was featured inside the album cover. This painting in turn inspired McEvoy to write the song 'Gimme Some Wine', which she wrote for and dedicated to

. This unusual and ongoing experiment in artistic 'boundary crossing' proved very fruitful, as songs inspired paintings, which in turn inspired songs that inspired paintings.

responded to the song 'Gimme Some Wine' by painting 23 works, some on paper, some on canvas, and they were his last great series of paintings before his untimely death in April 2017. They were first exhibited at IAP Fine Art in Monmouth in the 'Gimme Some Wine' exhibition, with Eleanor McEvoy performing the song that inspired them at the private view. In 2017 McEvoy was appointed Chairperson of the

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(IMRO).' In January 2019, McEvoy appeared as a contestant on

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's '' Celebrity Home of the Year.'' In 2019, the two-year collaboration with

featured in the three-month major museum retrospective at

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, showing Gollon's music-related works and including the canvas 'Gimme Some Wine – Final Version', for which Eleanor McEvoy made a special recording of the song 'Gimme Some Wine'.

"Only a Woman's Heart"

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album of all time. The song "Only A Woman's Heart" has been covered by a number of artists including: *

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. Boulay's version appeared on her album '' De retour à la source'', which was nominated as one of the five finalists for the 2008

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for the category "Francophone Album of The Year". *''Les mejores canciones dance del Siglo XX – Vol. 11'', 2011 *

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2012 album '' Celtic Woman: Believe'' "Only A Woman's Heart" also has a page and half mention in Charles Webb's book ''New Cardiff'', which was made into the movie '' Hope Springs''. Webb's book, ''The Graduate'', was the basis for the award-winning film ''

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''. 2012 marks the twentieth anniversary of ''A Woman's Heart''. The anniversary was celebrated with four sold-out performances at the Olympia Theatre in

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. Eleanor McEvoy, Mary Coughlan,

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, and Hermione Hennessy were on the bill. Further anniversary concerts are being planned. In April 2012, Kiera Murphy produced at documentary entitled ''Our Woman's Hearts'' which explores how '' A Woman's Heart'' came about, why it became so popular, as well as the effect it has had on three generations of women. The documentary is a part of

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''. '' The Secret of Living '', written by McEvoy, was released in July 2012 to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the iconic ''A Woman's Heart''. The song is performed by McEvoy, Mary Coughlan,

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, and Hermione Hennessey. In a review from ''

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'', ''The Secret of Living'' was described as a classy new single from the ''A Woman's Heart'' group.

Discography

* '' Eleanor McEvoy'' – Geffen Records (GEFC/GEFD24606) 1993 Produced by Pat Moran. No longer available replaced by Special Edition (see above) * '' What's Following Me?'' – Columbia Records (484233.2) 1996 Produced by Eleanor McEvoy and Kevin Moloney * '' Snapshots'' – Columbia Records (CK494598.2) 1999 Produced by Rupert Hine * '' Yola'' – Mosco (EMSACD1) 2001 Produced by Eleanor McEvoy and Brian Connor. * '' Eleanor McEvoy 'Special Edition''' – Market Square (MSMCD127) 2003 Produced by Pat Moran. * '' Early Hours'' – Moscodisc / Market Square (MSM1SACD128) 2004 Produced by Brian Connor & Eleanor McEvoy * '' Out There'' – Moscodisc (MOSACD 303) September 2006 Produced by Mick O'Gorman and Eleanor McEvoy * ''

'' – Moscodisc (MOSCD404) February 2008 Produced by Peter Beckett and Mick O'Gorman * ''

'' – Moscodisc (MOSCD406) September 2009 Various Producers * '' I'd Rather Go Blonde'' – Moscodisc (MOSCD408) September 2010 Produced by Mick O'Gorman, Eleanor McEvoy, and Peter Beckett; recorded by Ciaran Byrne; mixed by Ruadhri Cushnan; mastered by Ian Cooper. * '' Alone'' – Moscodisc (MOSCD409) September 2011 Produced by Mick O'Gorman, Eleanor McEvoy, recorded by Dave Williams and Ciaran Byrne; mixed by Ciaran Byrne and Mick O'Gorman; mastered by Ian Cooper. * '' If You Leave...'' – Moscodisc (MOSCOD4010) March 2013 Produced by Eleanor McEvoy and Mick O'Gorman; mixed by Ciaran Byrne and Mick O'Gorman; mastered by Ian Cooper at Metropolis Studios; front cover by

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. *''

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'' – Moscodisc (MOSCD4111) March 2014 Produced by Mick O'Gorman, Eleanor McEvoy and Peter Beckett; mixed by Ciaran Byrne; mastered by Ian Cooper at Metropolis Studios except track 11 mastered by Ray Staff *'' Naked Music'' – Moscodisc (MOSCD4014) February 2016 Produced by Mick O'Gorman; mixed by Ciaran Byrne; engineered by Dave Williams; mastered by Tony Cousins at Metropolis Studios, London *''The Thomas Moore Project'' – Moscodisc (MOSCD4015) June 2017 Produced by Eleanor McEvoy Recorded and mixed by Ciaran Byrne; mastered by Tony Cousins at Metropolis Studios, London *''Gimme Some Wine'' - Moscodisc October 2021

Music in film and TV

Feature and independent films

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's song "The Seabird" in ''

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written by

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and

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, and Niall Tobin. * The song "I Hear You Breathing In" features in ''El vuelo del tren'' "The Magic of Hope" which was selected by the European Film Promotion in 2012 and nominated to four ASECAN Awards in 2012 and by the Galway Film Fleadh. (director Paco Torres, 2009).

Television

* The

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series '' Six Feet Under'' featured the song "All I Have", written by

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and McEvoy. * "A Glass Unkissed" from the 1996 album '' What's Following Me?'' appeared in television network

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's popular series ''

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''. * American Network PBS's documentary ''In Our Own Voice'' features "Easy To Lose Hope" from McEvoy's 1999 album '' Snapshots''. The song, produced by

, is about murdered journalist

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. * "All I Have" from the 1999 album ''Snapshots'' was featured on

's ''

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'', a long-running daytime-TV soap opera. * McEvoy's song "Only A Woman's Heart" appeared in Irish Network

's popular soap ''

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''. * "Days Roll By" from '' Early Hours'' (Moscodisc 2004) appears in ''

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'', a popular soap about daily life in a

city.

Super Audio and vinyl

McEvoy's fourth album '' Yola'' drew favourable attention from the Hi-Fi press and market as one of the first original titles recorded specifically for

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. With the collaboration of sound designer Mick O'Gorman, the world's first-ever SACD single "Did I Hurt You" (Market Square MSMSACD114) was released from the same album. To this day ''Yola'' is regarded as a Hi-Fi industry standard and is used by high-end audio companies to test speakers. Releasing on

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, and

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, McEvoy's albums have won many audio awards. '' Early Hours'' was the first to use TiMax (unique audio imaging) technology, mixed in 5.1 surround-sound onto multi-channel SACD. McEvoy's album ''

'' was named Album of the Year by ''Hi-Fi Plus'', the prestigious UK publication, and was released on vinyl in August 2008 by Diverse Vinyl in the UK.

Books

Naked Music-The Songbook

''Naked Music-The Songbook'' is the first songbook to be published by McEvoy. The publication is a pioneering collaboration between McEvoy and artist

. It includes lyrics and melodies from the songs on McEvoy's 2016 album Naked Music, alongside 24 of Gollon's stunning paintings inspired by the music on the album. Foreword and interviews by Jackie Hayden. Hot Press ''Hot Press'' is a fortnightly music and politics magazine based in Dublin, Ireland, founded in June 1977. The magazine has been edited since its inception by Niall Stokes. History ''Hot Press'' was founded in June 1977 by Niall Stokes, who co ...